a simple building

a simple building

MAOCI terraces, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m á OC ì t ǔ Ji ē, which means thatched roofs and earth steps; it describes a simple house or a simple life. From Tokyo Fu.

Idiom explanation

A roof of thatch and reed; a step: a step.

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Heng's Tokyo Fu in Han Dynasty: "Mu Tang Yu's Mao CI. Think about the humble room after summer. "

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's an object and an attribute. Examples: biography of Ban Gu in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "Fu Feng, Li Yu, wrote by Ming Xing, taught hundreds of people, and lived in duling, Maoshi and tujie." In the past, when Yao and Shun were in power, they lived on the MAOCI soil terrace, and Yu lived in the humble palace. (the third chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong in the Ming Dynasty) the first chapter of Guangwu emperor in the later Han Dynasty by Yuan Hong in the Jin Dynasty: "rites have profits and losses, and the quality of literature is changeable. MAOCI's earth steps lead to its Suye." In Zizhitongjian, the records of emperor suzong of the Tang Dynasty, it is said that "although MAOCI's earth steps are vile, they are not ashamed of their rudeness." In Tang Shunzhi's answer to Liao Dongyun's theory in the Ming Dynasty, it is said that "the capital of Shanxi's ancient emperors had the style of MAOCI's steps."